Ryuhei Matsuda
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1983-05-09 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 松田龙平 · Ryûhei Matsuda · ریوهی ماتسودا · ریوهای ماتسودا
Biography
Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana.
At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Festival" Awards for the "Best New Actor". Since appearing in Taboo, Matsuda has played a wide range of roles, from the high school student Kujo in the 2001 film Blue Spring to the rock star Ren Honjo in the 2005 film Nana. In February 2013, it was revealed that Matsuda would play the part of a Japanese gangster in the sequel to the 2012 Indonesian film The Raid, named Berandal.
In 2020 portrayed Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in the film A Stranger in Shanghai. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Amachan
2013
as 水口琢磨
My Dear Exes
2021
as Hassaku Tanaka
Asura
2025
as Shizuo Katsumata
Tada's Do-It-All House
2013
as Gyoten Haruhiko
Quartet
2017
as Tsukasa Beppu
Weakest Beast
2018
as Kosei Nemoto
Tokyo Salad Bowl
2025
as Ryo Arikino
Natsuko Kira
2016
as Keisuke Takagi
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Osamu Nishino
0.5 Man
2023
as Tachibana Masaharu
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
2023
as Numakura Koichi
Uzukawamura Incident
2022
as Iwamori Akira
Sai
2025
as Shinichiro Kuramoto
Smoking
2018
as Sakakibara Masayuki
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
2008
as Yashiro Heita
歪んだ波紋
2019
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
as Ichinose Yosuke
Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi
2021
as 田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku
Movies (68)
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
The Raid 2
2014
as Keiichi
Unreachable
2025
Taboo
1999
as Sozaburo Kano
Izo
2004
as His Highness
Blue Spring
2001
as Kujo
Nana
2005
as Ren Honjou
Cutie Honey
2004
as NSA Client
Transcending Dimensions
2025
as Shinno
ZOKKI
2021
as Fujimura
The Last Shot in the Bar
2017
as Takada
Otakus in Love
2004
as Mon Aoki
Before We Vanish
2017
as Shinji Kase
The Great Passage
2013
as Mitsuya Majime
Rampo Noir
2005
as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
Nightmare Detective 2
2008
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
as Takada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Ikuta
Boys on the Run
2010
as Aoyama
9 Souls
2003
as Michiru Kaneko
The Scythian Lamb
2018
as Ichirō Miyakoshi
The Magnificent Nine
2016
as Moku Kayaba
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
2017
as Tomoyuki
Chosyu Five
2006
as Yozo Yamao
Disconcerto
2014
as Haruhiko Gyoten
Kanikôsen
2009
as Shinjo
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
as Jun Ariyoshi
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
2007
as Kawasaki
Collage of Our Lives
2003
as Masato Segawa
Beneath the Shadow
2019
as Hiasa Norihiro
Ichigeki
2023
as Shimada Konosuke
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
2021
as Shibata Katsuie
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
as Shoji Segawa
The Mohican Comes Home
2016
as Eikichi Tamura
I'm Flash!
2012
as Bodyguard
Detective in the Bar
2013
as Takada
The Suicide Song
2007
as Riku Nagase
A Chorus of Angels
2012
as Isamu
The Vulture
2009
as Osamu Nishino
Tada's Do-It-All House
2011
as Haruhiko Gyoten
My Uncle
2016
as Uncle
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
as Takashi Ohno
My Little Sweet Pea
2013
as Norio Koiwa
Love Ghost
2001
as Shibayama Ryuske
Who Were We?
2024
as Ao
Karaoke Terror
2003
as Ishihara
Nightmare Detective
2007
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Nobody To Watch Over Me
2009
as Shogo Mishima
Run Ichiro Run
2001
as Ryu Mochizuki
Demon Pond
2005
Synesthesia
2005
as Kaoru Homura
The Day of Destruction
2020
as Mr. Shinno
Age 17
2003
as Book Boy
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007
as Tatsuji
Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007
as Shuichi
Can't Protect Anyone
2009
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2017
as Zenjiro Ikeda
A Stranger in Shanghai
2019
as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Wolf's Calling
2019
as Samurai
Sai: Disaster
2026
The 300 million yen robbery
2000
A Farewell to Jinu
2015
as Takeharu Takami
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
Happiness in August
2003
BYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる
2026
as Takada
大パルコ人①メカロックオペラ「R2C2～サイボーグなのでバンド辞めます！～」
2009
Making of 9 Souls
2005
as Self
About Ryuhei Matsuda
Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana. At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Fest… With 86 credits spanning from 1999 to 2026, Ryuhei Matsuda has appeared in 68 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ryuhei Matsuda Movies
- Isle of Dogs (2018) — as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
- The Raid 2 (2014) — as Keiichi
- Unreachable (2025)
- Taboo (1999) — as Sozaburo Kano
- Izo (2004) — as His Highness
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